YES,sadly it has..

1953 - Anti Ahmadi Riots, Lahore

http://www.sdpi.org/help/articles_in_press/March_2004_news.htm

AND HERE IS ANOTHER MAJOR ONGOING OPERATION Currently INVOLVING 20,000 Soldiers and

1,718,000 Peasant farmers

2002 to PRESENT - Peasant Suppression, Okara

http://hrw.org/reports/2004/pakistan0704/4.htm

I can wtite a 20 page essay outlining Army's brutality towards farmers in Okara which is in PUNJAB!!

Here is what Human Rights Watch is saying:

Pakistan’s military and paramilitary forces are brutalizing their own people in the Punjab instead of protecting them. It’s a dangerous moment in Pakistan when the military turns on its own core constituency.


Brad Adams, executive director of Human Rights Watch’s Asia Division.

2. ARE THERE MORE UNIVERSITIES IN THE TWIN CITY OF PINDI/ISLAMABAD OR IN THE WHOLE PROVINCE OF NWFP OR FOR THAT MATTER IN BALOCHISTAN (48% OF PAKISTAN TERRITORY)?

1.) Rawalpindi/Islamababad is the Capital of Pakistan, IF you see across the world you will always see the capital city having many more amenities such as Healthcare,Education and better infrastructure. This is done to put the nation in a positive light and to reate a good impression on visitors. This is not unique to Pakistan this is a phenomenen Worldwide

2.) To bring up Land area while speaking of Universities is silly because Antarctica is 15 times larger than all of Pakistan yet has no university, when speaking of facilities that cater to people, geography does not matter, population, population density, accesibility are the prime concerns

3. CAN YOU JUSTIFY THE CIGARRET FACTORIES IN PUNJAB WHILE IT DOES NOT PRODUCE EVEN ONE KILO TOBACCO? AND IT COMES FOR PASHTOON AREAS.

This is something to be proud of ? that Punjab produces cigarettes ? In the entire world; govt. is attempting to stop cigarette production yet in our nation we are jealous of other provinces having tobacco factories, Secondly there are other factors required in the production and distribution of cigarettes, what about the chemicals and other inputs needed to produce the cigarettes? What about the money (capital) needed for the manufacture of Cigarettes? And above all where is the bigger market for Cigarettes? is it Punjab or is it NWFP ?

Some Illiterate, racist, and stupid people blame Pashtuns for the Gun Violence and heroin problem in Pakistan, however they are wrong to do so simply because the availibility of Guns and Heroin is steady from the NWFP they would not succed if there was not a market for Guns and Heroin in the rest of pakistan, It is he problems of the people who are consuming the drugs and buying the guns. Supply never dictates
demand.

Could you pls . provide proof of this ? I searched the internet and all I found is this one incident:

http://www.dawn.com/2005/08/03/nat50.htm

Secondly that is a very bad thing you are saying about Sher Khan, you should apologize to him for saying this

9. HOW DID YOU ESCAPE THESE PUNJABI POLICE POSTS WHILE GOING TO GUJRAT & COMING BACK? BECAUSE EVEN WHEN YOU ARE COMING BACK FROM PINDI; YOU ARE STOPPED & TOTURED BY PUNJABI POLICE AT RIWAT, TAXILA & ATTOCK ACOORDING TO MY PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE. IF YOU HAVE NOT
BEEN TORTURED AT THESE PLACES; THIS MEANS TWO THINGS, NO ONE YOU ARE SERVING IN SOME SECURITY SET UP OR YOU ARE A SMUGGLER BECAUSE THESE SMUGGLERS ARE THE MAIN SOURCE OF INCOME OF PUNJABI POLICE & VERY WELL KNOWN TO THEM.

I keep telling you this has to do with corruption at every level, if what you say is true about checkpoints, that is a big IF! Then you just validated my argument by stating that it is the corrupt elite of ALL ETHNICITIES which is keeping all of us down, Smugglers from NWFP, Crooked Police from Punjab!! What we should be working on my brother is stopping Smugglers and by arresting corrupt Police regardless of which province they belong to? would you not agree ?

Again, that is a very bad thing you are saying about Sher Khan, you should apologize to him for saying this

10. IF EVEN PUNJAB DOES NOT DO ANYTHING, IT WILL GET 60% OF THE PAKISTAN RESOURCES AS COMPRED TO 5% OF BALOCHISTAN, DO AGREE WITH THIS USURPATION? 10 VILLAGES IN BALOCHISTAN COVER AT LEAST 200 KILOMETER WHILE IN PUNJAB THESE HARDLY COVER 50 KM; WILL BALOCHISTAN BE ABLE TO ELECRIFY THESE VILLAGES WITH MERELY 5% OF NFC AWARD? SAME IS TRUE FOR THE HEALTH UNITS, SCHOOLS & OTHER SERVICES.

No argument with you there I agree with you 100 % the NFC formula needs to be reworked along the lines of which province contributes the most towards the fiscal pool, Energy Creation/ and population. Population should play a role however from an economic standpoint it will only encourage inefficency, The entire NFC award needs to be looked
at again, I agree with you!

11. CAN YOU PLZ TELL ME THE NUMBER OF GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS IN LAHORE ALONE & THAT IN NWFP/BALOCHISTAN AS A WHOLE?

Please provide Proof Give us Numbers, give us names, etc. Please dont provide information without providing facts.

12. CAN PUNJAB SUSTAIN WITH ITS DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS WITH ITS AGRO-ECONMY? WHILE WE BALOCH & PASHTOON ARE DEPRIVED OF OUR NATURAL RESOURCES.

This is a very immature comment and it is obvious that unfortunately you have very little knowledge of Micro and Macro Economics, Finance and Public Policy. Central planning has proven to be a failure across the World, The only way all of us can attempt to create a better standard of living is through entrepreneurship, and value added economic activity at every level. by simply relying on selling natural resources at inflated prices you will be hurting all Pakistanis by driving up costs, lowering efficiency, and this will ultimately lead you to beuncompetitive. The best example of this is the Auto Industry in Pakistan, and telecommunications before this field was dergulated. In order to compete on a global scale we should add value to our Natural resources, and let the Market and the businessman decide how and wher to add the Value, Not Some bureaucrat in ISLAMABAD, this has failed in countries where they have honest
people. In Pakistan this will Fail miserably becuase of corruption as was demonstrated by Zulfikar Bhutto's nationalization policies. Being dependent on Primary resources will lead the economy to be vulnerable to commodity fluctuations the best thing to do is to add value, and the only way to add value is to free up the resource to market forces.

Good Point! however to an untrained geologist or mining expert this might seem as an Usarpation of rights however to a geologist this might have to do with a natural phenomenan kown as an oil seep which makes drilling and mining easier as it naturally comes out of the ground at that point, there are many explanations available please see..

http://www.oilshow.org/pakhis.htm

for more information on the SHAKARDARA OIL Field and Seepage is located on the bottom of the page.

If there is anyone who is an expert in the field of geology and hydro-carbon mining please explain the logistics on harvesting hydrocarbon resources in the Shakardara Oil field ?

PAKISTAN ZINDABAD